Crowdfunding with a Match
3AP (3Arts Projects) is a unique crowdfunding platform with a built-in match that helps Chicago artists finance new creative work.3Arts matches 1/3 of each project goal, charges no fees to artists, and offers mentoring and technical support.
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STRETCH GOAL!!! Thanks to our community of friends, family, and indie film advocates, we’ve been able to reach our original goal of $6,000—and so quickly! We’re so grateful and moved by the level of support. We have 48 days on the …
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- $35,791 raised of $30,000 goal
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Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
The 2026 3Arts/MSUFCU Community Award campaign has officially reached its goal of funding a $30,000 unrestricted 3Arts Award for an extraordinary Chicago artist, and we couldn't have done it without you!
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I’m excited about Om Mission! It’s a blend of theatre and storytelling that explores lesbian history, Chicago history and the love story of two Black women, me and my wife: Zahra Baker. When we performed it last summer at the …
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Contact Zones is a project of artistic and political engagement with sites that are being demolished for redevelopment. We consider how the loss of beloved places can be met with creative practices of memory-making, collective grieving, and uplifting. We will …
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- $11,854 raised of $6,000 goal
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STRETCH GOAL!!! Thanks to the caring and generous support of the community, we have secured our first milestone goal! With 30 days left for the campaign, we are working towards a new stretch goal of $10,000. This will help us pay for an extra …
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God/Is Sustenance is a multimedia performance and sculptural installation that celebrates and educates its audience on being stewards of the earth. The performance of God Is takes inspiration from African masquerade and devotional worship to honor personal divinity. Sustenance carries …
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- $7,026 raised of $6,000 goal
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The Anna and Frederick Douglass Pavilion is a transformative public space designed to honor the legacies of the Douglass Family while fostering cultural pride, inclusivity, and community engagement. The development of this project was inspired by a youth led campaign …
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Read more about Community Access Tickets to MUJERESA shifting terrain of myth, memory, and reflection, MUJERES, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre’s first-ever full-length ballet, invites audiences to encounter the many selves of Chilean poet and Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral through her Locas Mujeres poems.
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- $6,390 raised of $6,000 goal
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STRETCH GOAL!!! My heart is extremely full due to the incredible generosity of the community, we’ve fulfilled our first goal! With the remaining time, I’m working towards a final goal of $7,000. This will increase the pay to artists, cover …
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Co-developers Bernard Brown and J’Sun Howard invite you into Sissies: Something Perfect Between Ourselves—a bold performance project that celebrates and archives the creative brilliance of Black, Brown, and Indigenous Queer communities. Through dance, music, film, and storytelling, this work …
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